Wheat Ridge High School is a public secondary school in Wheat Ridge, Colorado. Part of Jefferson County Public Schools, the school enrolled 932 students in the 2024–25 academic year.
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Academics
Enrollment
In the 2024–25 academic year, Wheat Ridge High School enrolled 932 students and employed 51.67 classroom teachers (on a full-time equivalent basis), for a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.04.
Extracurricular activities
Athletics
State championship titles:
Baseball: 1992 (5A)
Boys' ice hockey: 2002, 2006, 2007(5A)
Girls' ice hockey: 2007, 2008, 2009
Boys' basketball: 1944 (B), 1953 (A), 1963 (AAA), 1968 (AAA), 1991 (5A)
Girls' basketball: 1977 (AAA), 1982 (4A)
Boys' cross country: 1977 (I), 1979, 1981, (I)2007
Girls' cross country: 1981 (I)
Football: 1966 (AAA), 1967 (AAA), 1973 (AAA), 1994 (4A), 1996 (4A), 2006 (4A), 2008 (4A), 2010 (4A)
Girls' golf: 1991 (team); Amy Root, 1991 (individual)
Girls' gymnastics: 1985 (III)
Softball: 2002 (5A), 2003 (5A), 2008 (4A), 2009 (4A), 2013 (4A)
Girls' soccer: 2009, 2010
Girls' swimming: 1987 (5A), 1988 (5A)
Boys' tennis: 1991 (6A)
Boys' track and field: 1942 (B), 1944 (B), 1945 (B), 1946 (B), 1950 (B), 1978 (AAA)
Girls' track and field: 1978 (AAA)
Girls' volleyball: 1987 (4A), 1990 (5A)
Marching band: 1993 (4A), 1996
Winter Percussion: 2004 (PSA), 2013 (PSA), 2016 (PSCA), 2017 (PSCA), 2018(PSCA)
Notable alumni
Don Alley, NFL player
Annaleigh Ashford, Broadway actress
Jeff Fosnes, Vanderbilt University basketball player (1972–1976), Golden State Warriors draft pick (1976), two-time NCAA Academic All-American, and Sunkist High School All-American
Pat Frink, NBA player (Cincinnati Royals)
Tim Gill, co-founder of Quark, Inc.; LGBT rights activist, Presidential Medal of Freedom winner
Ray Johnson, football player
Annie Kunz, Olympic athlete (track and field)
Terry Kunz, NFL player
Shayla LaVeaux, adult film actress
Dave Logan, NFL player; football coach, radio and television host
Nathan Marquardt, professional mixed martial arts fighter, formerly competing in the UFC
Homer Pearson, Lieutenant Governor of Colorado
Dean Reed, actor, director, singer, and songwriter
Freddie Steinmark, starting safety on Texas' 1969 national championship team; author of I Play to Win, published after he lost his battle to cancer in 1971
Don Styron, hurdler, still current world record holder in the now defunct 200 meter low hurdle race, set in 1960